Murphy Oil Co. to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $1.36 Per Share, Zacks Research Forecasts (NYSE:MUR)

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Murphy Oil in a research note issued to investors on Monday, July 22nd. Zacks Research analyst J. Saha now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will earn $1.36 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.32. The consensus estimate for Murphy Oil’s current full-year earnings is $4.15 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Murphy Oil’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.52 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.41 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.51 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.51 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.49 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.16 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Scotiabank cut their target price on shares of Murphy Oil from $50.00 to $47.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, July 12th. Piper Sandler lowered their price objective on shares of Murphy Oil from $55.00 to $54.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 18th. Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of Murphy Oil in a research report on Thursday, July 18th. They issued a “peer perform” rating on the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of Murphy Oil from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Murphy Oil from $51.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 4th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $50.27.

Murphy Oil Stock Performance

Shares of MUR stock opened at $40.19 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 0.93. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $40.89 and its 200-day simple moving average is $41.82. Murphy Oil has a one year low of $36.95 and a one year high of $49.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.20 and a beta of 2.25.

Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 2nd. The oil and gas producer reported $0.85 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.82 by $0.03. Murphy Oil had a return on equity of 11.75% and a net margin of 16.40%. The company had revenue of $794.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $750.94 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.24 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was down 5.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Trading of Murphy Oil

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of Murphy Oil by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 7,861,968 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $335,397,000 after purchasing an additional 207,547 shares in the last quarter. Earnest Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Murphy Oil by 7.7% during the first quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 2,737,409 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $125,100,000 after buying an additional 195,906 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Murphy Oil by 3,904.6% during the fourth quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 2,090,904 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $89,198,000 after buying an additional 2,038,692 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Murphy Oil by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,777,408 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $75,824,000 after buying an additional 45,236 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. raised its stake in shares of Murphy Oil by 23.0% during the first quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 1,132,305 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $51,746,000 after buying an additional 212,100 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 78.31% of the company’s stock.

Murphy Oil Company Profile

Murphy Oil Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It explores for and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company was formerly known as Murphy Corporation and changed its name to Murphy Oil Corporation in 1964.